Union Cabinet on July 5, 2016 approved the signing of an MoU between India and Mauritius
Q. Union Cabinet on July 5, 2016 approved the signing of an MoU with India and which other country in the field of Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation?- Published on 07 Jul 16a. Maldives
b. Malaysia
c. Myanmar
d. Mauritius
ANSWER: Mauritius
Union Cabinet on July 5, 2016 approved the signing of an MoU between India and Mauritius in the field of Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation.
- MoU will help establish a framework for cooperating between National Development Unit, PMO of Mauritius and the Union Ministry of Rural Development in the sphere of rural development.
- MoU will encourage cooperation in the field of rural development and capacity building on the basis of equality and mutual benefit between two nations.
- Joint Committee on Cooperation on Rural Development will be established meeting alternatively in both countries on mutually agreed dates.
- As per the MoU, the two nations have agreed to coordinate and facilitate appropriate technical cooperation in both countries on access to Indian institutions fulfilling MoU objectives and exchange of relevant information and documents in the sphere of rural development including scientific and technical information along with policies and the two nations would exchange relevant information regarding issues of mutual interest.
- MoU is based on the fact that both nations have large segments of their population living in rural areas and depend on agriculture and allied activities for their livelihoods
- An institutional arrangement for bilateral cooperation between India and Mauritius in the fields was under consideration for some period of time
